The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Business in discount circles is decidedly quieter, and first class bills are negotiable a fraction under the Bank rates. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to X 530,500, and the exports to X 646,800. The bullion operations of the Bank yesterday comprised the influx of £75,000 in bar gold, and the withdrawal of 05,000 sovereigns for exportation to Alexandria via Marseilles. There was a further slight downward movement in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. It is announced that the share list of the Credit Mobilier (Limited) will be closed on Thursday next, the 10th inst. for London, and on Friday, the 11th inst. for the country. The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool, having obtained the sanction of the Board of Trade to its proposed change of name, will be henceforth be known and designated as " The Alliance Bank (Limited,)" The coupons of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway (Pennsylvania Division) falling due on the Ist April next will be paid in London, at. the Con solidated Bank, at the exchange of 43. to the dollar. The directors of the Continental Bank Corpora tion have made arrangements for opening in April next a branch in Paris, under the management of M. Gustave Couturier, senior partner of the firm of Messrs. Gustave Couturier and Co., bankers, and have also made a call of £5 per share, payable on the 25th inst. The National Provincial Marina Insurance Com pany (Limited) have issued their prospectus. With a proposed ultimate capital of 11,000,000 in shares of £25 each, confining themselves to a first issue of £20,000 of the capital stock, L 1 paid on application, and £1 10s. per share on the allotment. The direc tors expect that not more than 15 per share will be called up. The speciality of this company is to provide for many of the large shipping towns of the kingdom those advantages of marine insurance which are offered so freely in London, and they ground their prospect of success on the vast increase of shipping entering and leaving the various pro vincial ports, added to the great amount of business which many of the influential gentlemen on the directory can at once bring into the corporation. The company propose to make London their head quarters, and establish branch offices in Liverpool, Bristcl, Hull, in fact, in all the seaports of the kingdom. The colonial wool sales commenced on Thursday, and the following is from H. P. Hughes and Son's circular :—The first series of sales for the present year commenced with a good attendance of buyers. The catalogue was rather irregular, and prices may be considered about equal to the average of last sales. The quantities arrived are :—New South Wales and Queensland, 9,570 ; Victoria, 10,780; Tasmania, 396 ; South Australia, 11,063 ; New Zealand, 1,080. Total Australasian, 32,889. Cape of Good Hope, 16,341. Total colonial, 49,230. Two O'CLOCK. The Funds, which closed very buoyantly yester day afternoon, have further improved to the extent of per cent., in consequence of purchases, induced by a much better feeling with regard to money and politics. Consols are 911 for money and the Bth inst. The New Threes are 891 4 ; the Reduced, 892-a ; Indian 5 per Cents.. 1041 1; do. 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1041 106; and the Bonds, Bs. dis. In the Foreign Market there is a decidedly firmer tone, and business is a little firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69 1 ; do. Consolides, 50-Z ; Mexican have been 441 d ; and are now 431 441 Greek are 22 . 1- 23 ; Spanish Passive, 351 ; do. Certificates, 131 141; Portuguese, 481 ; and the Confederate Loan, 46 48. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, Great Western having improved £1 155.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and London and Blackwell, 10s. ; and Great Northern, ss. ; Great Northern A Stock, however, has declined 10s. ; North Western, and North Eastern (Ber wick), 10s.; and London and Brighton, 15s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is no material variation. Bank and Miscellaneous shares exhibit little change of importance. Credit Mobilier Shares are quoted 11 21 prem. ; Queensland Sheep, 1 to 11 prem.; and Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company, 21, to 21-, prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Console Ditto Account, March 5 3 per Cent. lteduced New 3 per Cent. B9 I Annuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4i Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO, 2/ & 3 per Cent 5 dim Ditto £5OO .. Bank England Stk, 4i per Ct., last hf.-yr. 2381 9 7/ INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874.... Ditto Account • • Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account.... .... . , Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888.. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 1041 6 Ditto 5} per Cent., May, 1879 Bonds E. 1,000 Ditto under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 B7l Ditto Scrip, £55 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent tto Account Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Chilian 6 per Cent - Ditto 4} pal Cent — Colombian 6 Scrip £BO pd Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — EXYptian 7 per Cent lOO Ditto, Second Issue .. Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmants Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894.... Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. • Ditto 4} per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 2 5f Ditto Scrip (1863) £l2 Bs. 3d, paid — pm Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'3 Ditto Account 4Bl i Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O Ditto 41 per Cent 1850., g3. 1) ._ it .' t ° 5 Per Cont 1862 494 per cent ~ O lu i a n .... t sr tit i t p o h A 3 count .... per Cent Ditto account,Ditto ,IstTecoew_Defe.r;ed..... 52! Ditto Ditto passeet ............. Ditto Account ....... ... Spanish Cert. of c .. ' ... 351 1 Ditto Account.. "P not funded — .... T ur kish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account. ..... ~ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 . ....... Ditto Aecount Ditto £lOO Bonds., : Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent, Venezuela 3 per Cent. - . Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account ................ 691 Dividends on the above payable in Lund 'a Dalian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs..._, Ditto Account 661 Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. TINTO O'C LOCK. :3onsols Money Ditto Account .... The Federal War Steamer Kearsage, BOULOGNE, MARCH 4. Tie Federal WEfir steamer Kearsage Taft to-day, illortly after noon ; destination unknown• SNARE MARKETS,--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. ThEire Railways. !p al d. C r l r o i s c l e n . g ( Bu d s o i n n e. ess 13.14• Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 Si 25 I Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost„Sleaf„andMid.klo all ei 9 S t Bristol and Exeter 12 g 00to CaledonianDC Cornwalloo r . e ~ and all all 6 7 10 Do A(A gets no thy , ) all —' tillspc.p an.has ; / a ll been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 36 38 25 Dun„Perth,&Ab. Juno.' all 16 17 et Edinburgh & Glasgow. 103 046 051 at '0 las , g. and S. Western.' 103 j 107 109 at i I GreatEastern, Ord. eta; 100 s 7 '8 476 1 et Ditto A stock ; 100 47 40 et Ditto East Anglian at: 100 7 8 76 at GreatNorthot Scotland ! 103 et: iGreat Northern.. 1 100 126 128 127 et ; Do A stock at I Do Bdo ' 100 112 131 at !Gtr S. and W. of Ireland' 100 05 97 at Great Western at Do Str Val ua. stock, 100 et Lancashire& Yorkshire , 100 IC9I 1091 110 91 at London and Blackwallj 100 6) 71 70 at Lon., Bright ~ & S. Coast! 100 101 104 1021 St 'Lon., Chat., ' and Dover, 100 3) 41 at Lon. & North Western; 100 1071 1081 1071 i i at Lon. & So'.th Western 100 99 100 et Man., Shef., & Lincoln.' 100 I 51 52 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 126 Do t sharea.. ...... et Metropolitan a ll 1071 081 151 St Midland Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 96 93 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland' all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line et North British at Iliklin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 t 6 at !Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1016 102 1016 1 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase , 18.13.4 d a et Do Lecds 1 100 5 7 11 571 661 et Do York . , - lOO 892 )4 1 551 at Do Carli'''Z, lOO et Nutt London 10 Do New 015.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. NV. Junction all 101 114 21 Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 4 t 44 et Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welohpool all st ; Shropshire Union ! 100 631 641 at ,South Devon lOO 34 16 at South Eastern at South Wales st ;S. York. and River Dun 100 ' 100 102 20 Istaines,Wok„andWok all ' 61 91 25 Stockton & Darlington all 117 38 25 Do l7 9 10 , 25 Do New, 1866 8 7 8 p et 'Taff Vale... ....... 10 Do B 8 5 6 1. 10 Do C 3 3 34 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 1.10 Do at Vide of Ncath A Victoria sta. and Pim lOO at Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 st!West Cornwall lOO 22 24 at 'W. Hartlepool liar.&ll ' 100 at West Midland -Oxford; 100 at Do Newport; 100 —-- at Do Hereford! 109 ~0.1E.4 2.1 •tiara stock steak stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stook 100 100 10 stock stock stock 20 stock 50 100 stock Bt ock stock MEN 100 100 100 100 100 MI BRITISFI POSSESSIONS. Itailwayri Atlantic & St Lawreneo Ilom.,Baroda,t.Cent Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lase Huron Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,,tGodricL 6 p. Ct. bds. Aug. 1, IS7"‘ Do. do. July 1, 187', 1 Do. do. June 1, 16;4 Clcutta.S S. Eastn. ;Liu Cape Town Dock Scrij Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. C. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist fret. Bonds.. Do. do. def erred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. def erred ...... Gt.lndiareniu.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1852 .. (it. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Qt. W. of Canada Sharer, Do. New .. Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 6* p. c. do. '77-5.... Indian Branoh Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. If p. o. Extension Dc. 4* do Do. Fifth Extension.' 31elb.Corp. i p. o. Bnd. Meth. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßr ur *mu Candv Class A and B .. N.M.C'da3 po Ist pt bds Scinde •• 1 Do. Delhi.. Do. do . .... Do. Punjaub .... Do. Do. Do. Indns.St. Flo. COLON [AL GOVERD lAtii.Gov. p.c.Ja 4.1111; 1877-81 ..... Do. 6p. c. N'cb. Aug Do. dp. c.3lar. & Sept. Do. t p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape (1. Hope, 6 p 0,1875 Do.Ap Oct.& 1880 Do. 189( Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c Mauritius 6 per cent .. ~. j, Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&Jul, I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. = E N. S.W. Gov. p 1S0( - Du. 5 p. c.,l6ti to Pl 2( Do. d 0..1888 &upwclF New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I steriing, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c Aus G6p.c./678.& up Vto.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&-July Do. to 6 DAL An.&Oot.. BILITISI ICambrian Consol. Gold till fiord Amalgamated Dcvcn G. Con.. efavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... Gast Carn Brea... liT'l Russel (Tavistk.) (litm.&St.Auhyn(Gwen.; ,Great South Tolgus i G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston; (Grenville 1 li erc.d's-Foot ' I I ingaton Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant , Barite Valley.. !Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.d New Setun orth Downs j N.Wli'l Barret (I 110 glut' North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (6t. Blaze),; l'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.) , 3outh Caradon(St.Cleer S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Wheal Fran. (Dinar' 'Stray Park I famarSilv..k Lead Min fin Croit West Basset (Illogan) 1W Cr radon (Liskeard; j West Seton IVheal Basset (IllogaW Weal Buller(ltedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelaut) i WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnn , ,Men )i Wheal Seton W heal Tretawney Wheal Union 19i 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.6.7 2.0.6 3.0. n 8 581 7 3.17 Paid. all 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 I• 100 2 all 100 100 Closing Prioe. 50 61 1031 101: p 1 p 5f 15 71 8i 101 IC3 103 105 1051 1061 114 les 101 201 73 1) 57 61 66 64 50 b 3 49 51 33 Et 26 28 22 15 1031 1041 I rl ?-14.6 3.4.0 8.9.0 di& t 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.6 4.3.0 103 104 94 10 11 JOif; 92 04 85 87 P IP lu2i 1031 97 09 02 9,5 55 58 3 6 82 S 4 103 101 1021 1033 102 k 104 98 10) 101 103 100 102 09 101 8J SCO 91 106 ICB 108 110 110 112 108 • 109 111 111 106 108 ltB 110 101 103 99 100 99 10') 99 IGO 108 110 IC4 106 10) 111 10 111 ES. a 3d 35 36 570 680 65 70 44 16 440 (60 104 i 49 4, 26 7 of f 89 90 1111 2i 111 101 d 801 30 Business dont 55 60 23 30 118.18.0 30.17.6 20 20; 11 12 21 23 83 86 183 193 87& 94 3k 37 2j 3 Ist 1f 175 185 2 211 21 2i I rIEFEItENCI Great Eastern, E. Anglian, 5 per cent. A stock. 1051 Lancashire and Yorkshire 6 per cent. stock. 138 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent.. Ditto, £6, 4 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1366 Ditto 46 per cent., irred., 036 Midland, Leicester and ilitchin 4 per ct., 921 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent, 801 'FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Great Luxembourg, RR t Namur and Liege gua. lit. per annum, El Recite and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent, 171 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 21: 1 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20h FOREIGN MINES. Kapunda (11m.), 111 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, lim., 3 21 31 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 1211 Alliance .Bank of Lou :On and Liverpool (Urn.), 48 Ditto, new, 33 Anglo Austrian, ti Australasia, 77} Bank of otago, lira., 4 Bank of Queensland (lim), 11* Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 8i British North American, 4U Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12 .} Chartered Bank 01 India, Australia. and china. 45 Chartered ter. of India, London, and China, 074 } Imperial Ottoman, 181 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 52 Litt°, new, 5} London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, lim., 12/ London Chartered Bank of Australia, 251 61 London and County, 2565 London Joint Stock, Al I t London and South-Western (lira.), 11 1 1 London and Westminster, EO6 SU Oriental Bank' Corporation, 636 Scinde, Punjaub....and Delhi, lim., 7} new, 7 Union of London, 41 DOCKS. East and West India, 141 London, 72 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 194 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 21 British Indian Tea, Urn.. Si Contract Corporation, Ittn., 6 Crystal Palace, 31 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 114 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Bin., 4; Gen. Credit and Finance of Louaon, Bin., 71 Hudson's Bay. 184 a 1S International Financial , Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, lim., 12; Ditto, new, 5i Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 31 . Land Securities, lim., London Finan:ial Association, lim., 251 London General Omnibus Company, 21 London Mercantile Discount, lim., 61 London Provincial Marine, National Discount Company, um , 1 .41 z N.erbuti,fa Coal and Iron, 5 1 1 entnsula and Oriental Steam, ~1 Ditto new, 49i a Investment, 51 South A la ican 3lortga, , .,ra . an Thaine 3 and Aleviey Dianne , ( 111 " t r ali c e) ' 11111" le4f losi 4 1' SECURITIEt=. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1864 Steering Ships by Telegraph, At the Royal United Service Institution yester day a highly interesting lecture was delivered by Lieut. A. H. Gilmore, RN., upon the application of electric telegraphy to the steering and general management of a man of war. The lecturer stated that it was now seven years since his late brother directed attention to the sabjec . , and proposed an apparatus for the purpose to the Admiralty, whieh had then be tried with perfect sums on board some vessels of small size. The same system has recently been accepted by the Admiralty, and is now in use, with certain improvements, on board the Resist ance, the Hector, Pr'nee Consort, Orlando, Orontes, and the Queen's yacht, the Victoria and Albert, having been first adopted in that ship on the °ces sion of her voyage to bring the P►incess of Wales to England. The great value of a system of per fect communication throughout any ship must be evidence, as it is from the want of this that so many accidents happen. Ships come into fatal collision in fogs and dark nights before it is possible to alter the course by word of command. The man at the look-out has first to give his signal, and this is taken up by the next man, and so the word is carried, often in a gain of wind, throughout several men, to the steersman, who possibly gets an imperfect, or even a directly contrary order, while, if he gets the right one, it is often too late. Many hairbreadth escapes in this way are commonly to be heard re lated by seamen, and no doubt small craft are some- imes run down which might have been avoided had it been possible for the man at the helm to act with sufficient promptitude. The apparatus appears to be extremely simple, and it is only surprising, now that we are shown it, that it was not adopted long ago. There is in front of the wheel at which the helmsman is stationed, a neat stand, somewhat like a sun-dial stand, with an upright dial-plate, upon which works a hand or indicator, and this plate is made transparent at night by a lamp. When the ship is steering " steady," the hand is vertical, or at rest, by its own gravity, chiefly, and points to the word " steady ;" when the course is signalled to " port" or "starboard" the hand moves to the left or right hand, as required by the officer in command, who of course directs the key-handle upon a similar dial-plate before him. But by an in genious contrivance a sharp sounding gong isstruck with every signal, so that the man's attention is called to the dial-plate before him. If he is ordered to steer so many spokes of the wheel to port or starboard, the officer gives three or any other num ber of strokes upon his dial, and the gong sounds at the same time. If the order " hard down" or " hard up" helm is to be given, it is only necessary to repeat the strokes rapidly. Mr. Gilmore showed the apparatus in action, and it worked in the meet exact asd unmistakeable manner. For ships of war and especially the cupola ships, it would seem to be quite an indispensable means of working then efs• ciently, as orders may be sent about the ship with accuracy under any circumstances, and with a rapidity quite impossible in the noise either of a storm or a battle. Mr. Gilmore purposes to have a kind of table with several dial•plates upon it, each of which is in communication with a certain part of the skip, as the fighting quarters, the engine room, the cupolas, and so on ; this would be placed in the captain's pilot-house on deck, and thus the necessary orders to fight the ship by manceuvring in any way to the magazines and to the broadside guns, pre,- pare to fire, to change or revolve cupolas fbr the other tack, and in case of attacking as a ram, tat charge or to back off as needed. The immense ad vantages of all this need not be dwelt upon, but the lecturer pointed out especially that in modern war fare by steam it would be of great importance to be able to mancouvre the ship rapidly, and to fire in stantaneously at a ship moving with high speed. The double screw propellers which are now coming into use would not, he thought, be fully available without this method of conveying orders instanta neously. As to the ease with which sailors would learn the meaning of the signals and the working of the system, Lieutenant Gilmore felt quite sure that there was less difficulty in this method of steering than in the old one of steering by the compass. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, March 4.—The market for expor yarns is again depressed, with very little business offering for any quarter. Offers at low prises have been made, but spinners cannot be brought to make up their minds to accept.them. This branch of the flat, with a tendency to lower prices. In home trade ya rns we h a ve also had a market closes very very flat market, and prices show a tendency to a further decline. The immediate cause is said to be the feeling of uneasiness arising out of the present state of European politics; but at the same time it may be mentioned that a telegram from Bombay to the 13th ult. reports that cotton had undergone a considerable decline. The import market was dull, but without any noticeable change in prices. The fear of impending diffi cu l t i es i n con nexion with co ntinental affairs has affected the cloth market quite as unfavourably as the yarn market. The cases are few and solitary in whi c h any o ff ers to purchas e have been made, and th ese on l y un d er c i rcum stanc es which would necessitate a concession on current and foreign account, seems to incline them against en tering into any oper a ti ons of magn i tu d e , an d th e business of the day has been of the meet trivial e4aa ratter. As there is no pressure of stock, ntanufne turers are not disposed to force their goods on the market, and we have consequently the same nomi nal quotations as on Tuesday, though to effect sales lower prices would have to be taken. Where there is any pressure to sell (and there are always parties more or less influenced by a desire to realise) both spinners and manufacturers have to take rather lower rates than the y Would have accepted last week. BRADFORD, 3cl.—Some little tone was glut to the market today by the accounts received from tke Bristol fair, the quotations at which are ustaily ii garded as an index at this season of their renentl character between this and the time of the clip. Private messages received report wool as command ing high prices. Many Bradford woolstaplers are absent from that market. Very little long wool was offering, and such as there was was readily bought at prices in advance of those obtained here. Down wether wools are rather more plentiful in this market. There was a fair business done in all kinds of wool, and prices were r a th er harder than last week. The yarn branch did n o t part i cipate in the improvement experienced in wo o l. S p i nners were seeking a trifling advance to cover th e hi g h er rates sought but, with slight ex ceptions, for h nn s,th te raw m the buyer nnantledrialdn; fully as well as last week. The single yarn trade was rather slacker than it had been. Some orders for 40's for Russia quiet. The demand for twofolds was extremely were placed ; but the 30's trad e Was still active, and there was considerable inquiry for corded yarns. oo m d a s o m uf a a k c e t r u a r manufacturers busyln p pieces, c b e a s ,t plain fan g oo ds were generally were slack. Prices were firm. steam coal, business doing in ' th 3 e d. nTe T rc h h e a r n e t i s s being full of orders, and quotations well maintained. Considerable difficulty is still experi ence d with the men , and the irregu larity with which they work causes many vessels to be on demurrage. House coal is in active demand, and the collieries are well employed. The iron masters have not received many orders of late, and prices are hardly so firm as was the case a month ago. There has been no actual decline in quota tions, but unless the spring requirements should be a fall of from 2s. down sever a l i ron s hi ps at e. if Preparations are 6 l a d r . g t e o i t 6 would . per tnoont b©took u r p p r i t a s o t being mad a f or l a ying ng the local shipbuilding yards, and this branch of trade is likely to become an Important one before long, NOTTINGHAM, 4th.—There was a fair attendance of merchants and manufacturers at this Exchange• hall to-day. A moderate business was done in lace yarns, and late rates were well supp or t e d. Th e inquiry f or h os i ery ya ms was sl ow at l ate pr i ces. Silks maintain their value. The demand for brown nets was limited at unaltered rates. THE DUKE OF ARGYLE is Maid to have written the article on Reusn'e "Vie do Jesus" irl tho Zroollb Bt itish Revicw. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHIC COMPANY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting was held yes terday at the London Tavern—Sir J. Carmichael in the chair. The report states that the receipts for the past half-year, derived from 185,380 messages, amount to' £25,184 ls. 2d.; for the half-year ending 30th June, 1863, from 160,404 messages, £22,144 2s. 81d.; and for the half-year ending 31st December, 1862, from 172,881 messages, £23,427 ss. 61d. Since the last meeting of shareholders a considers able reduction has been made by the different administrations in Germany in their internal tariff, which, it is expected, will cause a still further in crease in the traffic. Owing to the prevalence of the unusually tempestuous weather during the autumn of last year several of the cables suffered, unfortunately, considerable damage, and have burdened the revenue with much larger expenditure than usual for repairs. Natwithstanding, however, this additinnal outlay, the directors are enabled to recommend a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, although the capital has been largely in creased by the issue of the new stock ; to add the sum of £2,518 Bs. 2d., being 10 per cent. on the receipts, to the reserve fund (which will then amount to £6,441 75.) ; and to carry over £774 13s. 91d. to the next account. After refdrring to the death of Mr. Brett, the directors announce Mr. J. Stuart Wortley and Mr. H. Moor, M.P., as candidates for the two vacant seats at the board. They also mention the resignation of Air. Courtenay, the late secretary, and the appointment of Mr. Clare as his successor. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the proprietors on a very steady and satisfactory increase in the business of the company since the previous meeting, and that increase was going on still at the rate of £lOO a week as compared with the corresponding period of last year, notwithstanding the stoppage of two of the cables, viz., the Emden cable and the Danish cable, the latter in consequence of the war. The Emden cable was in course of repair, and an arrangement was in progress to allow the Danish cable to work for commercial purposes only. The repairs during the past half. year had been unusually heavy, owing to the tempestuous weather, but the charge for repairs included four miles of new cable which had been placed into the Ostend line. He congratulated the meeting that they had had at last a bonaficle reserve fund invested in North-Eastern debentures. If the present accounts were affirmed that reserve would amount to £6,500. He spoke with regret of the death of Mr. Brett, who might be called the father of submarine telegraphing. In 1845 Mr. Brett proposed to connect Belgium with this country by a submarine cable, but the project was then laughed at ; but so rapid had been the progress of submarine telegraphy since that there was every reason to believe that next year—that would be 20 years after Mr. Brett's first proposal as to Belgium had been made—telegraphic communication would be carried out between this country and the United States. After further alluding to the retirement of Mr. Courtenay, the late secretary, who had accepted a Government appointment in connection with the Indian system of telegraphy, he concluded by moving the adoption of the report. In reply to a question, The SECRETARY stated that in the action brought by the company against the owners of a Swedish vessel for injuring the cable between Dover and Calais, it was decided by the judges that the com pany had a perfect right to lay their cables at the bottom of the sea, and that vessels injuring them were liable. Whether or not the parties had in this case wilfully or negligently injured the cable had not yet been decided. The damage done to the cable was about £l,OOO. The CHAIRMAN added that the principal object the board had in bringing the action was to show that the company had property at the bottom of the sea, which was not to be injured without the parties inflicting the injury rendering themselves liable for the damage. After some questions as to minor details of the accounts, which were satisfactorily replied to, the resolution was agreed to unanimously. The dividend at the rate of 4 per cent., payable on and after the 12th of March, was also agreed to. The Right Hen. J. Stunt Wortley, and Mr. H. Moor, MX., were elected directors. Mr. BRAITHWAITE moved that the directors' re muneration I.e increased from £5OO to £l,OOO a year. It was stated that the directors received £350 a year for managing the French company. After a brief discussion the motio❑ was carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Increased supplies of vegetables are on sale here to-day, but the show of fruit is very moderate. Most descriptions of produco are in fair avorage request, apd prices rule firm, as follows; TRUIT. s. d. s. d. s. d. a d Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Mnlberriea,prpt..o oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb 1 6to 2 6 , Foreign ditto, imino oto 0 o Foreign do 0 oto 0 0 I Filberts, per lb .. 1 3to 1 6 Melons 0 oto 0 0 j Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 i Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per ht-sv. 2 6to 4 0; Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..3 6to 8 0 i Peaches.. Lemons, per 100.. 3 6to 7 0 , Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberrieshf aye° oto o 01Plums, per d 6. Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 G reengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES, Greens, dz bunch 6 0 to 7 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 0 to 1 9 R Id ditto 0 0 so 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 10 to 1 9 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 e to 2 6 Brocoll, per bus. 0 8 to 1 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to 95 0 New ditto, pr pt 1 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 6 to 4 6 Carrots,pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 0 to 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas, n.-sv. 0 0 to 0 0 French beans, h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6 to 2 6 New Do., dz bun 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach 0 0 too 0 ltrussel4 sprouts 0 0 So 0 01 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 ' Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms.pptl. 0 9to 1 3 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 1 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 1 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 9to 1 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Seakale. per bun. 1 3to 2 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; geese, 6s Od to Os Od each ; goslings, 5s to 7s Od; ducks, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; ducklings, 3s Od to 48 Od; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., lid to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to is Od each; Surrey fowls, lOs Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to lOs Od; barn-door fowls, 38 Od to Gs Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Gd to 4s Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, 3s to Os Od • snipes, Os to Os 9d; teal, is 3d to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; widgeons, is 3d to is 6d ; plovers, is Od to is 3d each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Gd to 10s Od ; French do., 68 Od to 8s Od per 100; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is Gd to Is 9(1 ; trout, 01 to Os ; eels, 5(3 to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 4s Od to 15s ; cod, 5s Od to 12s 0(1 ; brills, 2s 0(1 to 68 Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 58 6d ; mullets, Os Gd to is 6d ; lobsters, 18 to lss 61; crabs, is to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, 4d to 2s Gd per pair ; common oysters, 18s to 24s ; natives, 658 to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 5s ; haddocks, Os to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 38 4d to 43 4d , mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Oa Od to Os Od; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 30 8d to 4s 6d per Sibs, by the carcase. IVIIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 38 4d to 48 2d; mutton, 3s Sd to 4s Sd; veal, 4s Od to 48 8d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s Gd por bibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6fd to 7d, of household do., 6d to Gd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to Sid ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 3Ad to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 3id to 4fd ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 41d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, —d to --d. llorse hides, 9s 6d to lls Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, lls Od to 14s Od ; half-breds, lOs Od to 12s Od ; Downs, 8s Od to Os 9d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; sheallings, is 8d to Os Od. HAY MARKIZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 106 per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—MearIow hay, £3 Os to £4 8s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £l2s to £1 lOs per load. A slow sale. WHITECTIAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 ]Os per load. Trade somewhat heavy. COAL MARKET. Prices of . Coal per Ton at the oloae of the market. s. d, d FRENCH LITERATURE, On Thursday evening — last Monsieur Bourgeois delivered, at the Ladies' College, Kensington-square, Kensington, the first of a series of lectures on French literature. The lecturer chose for his subject the works of La Fontaine. He was induced to make this choice, he said, because of all the French writers, La Fontaine was the best known to the English student of French, and amongst his oti'n countrymen he was one of the most popular' authors. "In France," said M. Bourgeois, "La Fontaine is the milk of our infancy, the bread of our manhood, and the last substantial food of our old age. As children we lisp his fables, and, when we become fathers, we delight in teaching our children to recite them too." La Fontaine was born in the beginning of the 17th century, and belongs to that period of French history known as legrand siecle. His father was Commissioner of Woods and Forests, which post he resigned in favour of his son, when at the age of 26, the young La Fontaine married. His was not a precocius genius, for he was past twenty before he became conscious of possessing any poetical talent. It was hearing Malherbe's ode on the death of Henry IV. read that seemed to kindle up the latent fire of genius that smouldered within him. He expressed an exctatic delight, re peated the poem again and again, and recognising the sympathetic chord that vibrated within his bosom, ho felt that he too was a poet. He immedi ately commenced to study, and, happily for himself, rejecting the false taste that regarded versified wit as the, expression of true poetic genius, he turned to the study of the philosophers and poets of Greece and Rome. He studied Virgil and Horace assi duously, and in the works of Piato ho found much of that practical philosophy which he afterwards embodied in his fables. The versatile spirit of the poet-student required variety, and ho alternated these serious studies with the lighter strains of Bocaccio and Ariosto. The young poet was fortu nate in obtaining the patronage of Fouquet, the celebrated Superintendent of Finances under Louis XIV. Mont , . Bourgeois divided La Fontaine's poetical career into two parts—the first closing with the dis grace of Fouquet, the second extending from that event to the end of his life. La Fontaine's muse having found inspiration in alt the great events of the period, the lecturer profited by the circumstance to make his poems serve as a history of the times. He sung the charms of the Chateau de Vaux, the delightful residence embellished by Fouquet at the expense of a million and a•half sterling. The peace of the Pyrenees, the marriage of Louis XIV. with Maria Theresa of Spain, the nuptials of the King's brother with Henrietta of England —all these events, not forgetting the mournful disgrace of Fonquet, served to bring forward the great per sonages of the day—Mazarin, Colbert, Soarron and his wife, and the artists and literary men who formed the brightest ornaments of the reign of Louis XIV. The Schleswig Deputation to the King of Prussia.---Reply of the King, BERLIN, Wednesday. The following is the full text of the address pre• seated by the Schleswig deputation to the King of Prussia on the 23d ult., together with his Majesty's reply : " Most illustrious and mighty King! Most gra.. cious King and lord !—We, inhabitants of the Duchy of Schleswig, as representatives of the gentry, the possessors of largo estates, the small landholders, and the towns, respectfully approach your Majesty to testify at the foot of the throne to the thankful feelings animating the inhabitants of that Duchy towards the protector of their rights. "A long period of severe trials lies behind us. A foreign people attempted to violate our right, to deprive us of the language and customs of our fore fathers, even to misuse the Church for destructive political aims. "By the will of Almighty God the hour of re lease has sounded. Every tie which hitherto bound us to Denmark is severed by the death of the last Prince of the elder line of our ruling house; every rightful pretext for the foreign dominion attempted to be imposed upon us has therewith disappeared. "But at this important moment we had no further arms than the consciousness of our good right an d reliance upon the assistance which the Princes of Germany would not refuse. Our hope has not been in rain. In conjunction with the forces of his Ma jesty the Emperor of Austria your Majesty's re nowned army has already shed much blood for the freedom of the Duchy of Schles wig. In accom plishing this task it has had to contend with great obstacles arising from the season, and has endured severe hardships with constancy and valour, which fill us with admiration. Our country blesses the resolution, ripened into fact by your Majesty's powerful will, namely, the delivery now in pro gress of the Duchy of Schleswig from Danish oppression ; and that we will pray to God that he will permit victory and fame still to attend your arms. "Most gracious King !—We are now compelled frankly to inform your Mejerty as our most heart- felt conviction ; "That the Schleswigers declare it to be the right of their country to form an independent state, in unison with the twin country of Holstein, governed by the male line of Oldenburgh, according to priority of birth. Acting hereupon, we can only recognise Duke Frederick, of the House of Schles wig-Holstein Sonderburg-Augustenberg as our sole rightful sovereign, as in fact has been already unanimously pronounced by the popular voice in all parts of the country. "We cling the more firmly to the right of our duke, seeing therein the only means of at once and completely freeing ourselves from connection with Denmark, and thereby alone preventing all further interruptions to peace. We can assure your Ma jesty that in these expressions we clearly represent the feelings of the quiet and well disposed popula tion of the country, as far removed from anarchical and violent attempts as penetrated with a sense of their good right. We trust firmly in the wisdom of your allied Majesties not to allow the successes achieved by the deaths of so many brave soldiers, with those yet to be attained, to go down to history without obtain ing the above result—the only result, indeed, com patible with the right of the country. "Most gracious King,—We should return to our homes with joy, carrying inextinguishable grati tude in our hearts if we could bring to our country men the happy assurance that your Majesty will in this manner protect the rights of our country, and thereby establish her independence." (The signatures follow.) The Sing gave the following reply : " I willingly receive at your hands the expression of the feeling with which the inhabitants of the Duchy of Schleswig have greeted my troops and their brave Austrian companions in arms. Thanks for the rapid successes which they have achieved belong to the Almighty God of Battles. " You are right to perceive in the resolution taken by me, in conjunction with the Emperor of Austria, the proof of our warm sympathy for the fate of the Duchies narrowly connected by such various ties. It is our firm determination to gain guarantees by which the rights and interests of the Duchies shall be for the future secured. We hope to attain the object of our endeavours, whatever may be the decision upon the dynastic question touched upon in your Address. The nature of the circumstances shows that this decision cannot be taken without negotiation with the Diet and the European Powers, and I cannot anticipate the re sult by one-sided action in either direction. " You may be firmly convinced that the trials of which you complain shall not return, if God still continues to bless our councils and our arms. Retain this conviction, and by a quiet and conside rate attitude render easier to myself and my like minded ally the attainment of tho object which, with God's help, shall secure to the Duchies a happy future." WILLTAM HUNT, the Water Colourist (remarks . _ the Saturday Review very happily), has been unsurpassed amongst our artists in one of the noblest functions of art-- that of exalting lowliness and giving a greatness to little things, Lambert's West Hart- ley l4 6 Wylam 17 0 Cowpen Hartley 14 9 West Hartley 15 0 Holywell ..17 0 Walls End. Helton IS 6 Eoatli Iletton IS ( o.lBtortli 6/1443 ut Luarkpi Walla End• Haswell - lB 6 South Hart1ep001......17 3 Trimdon Hartlepool...l B 3 Keno° South Kelloe .17 6 Reugh Hall 17 6 Riddell Hartlepool ..18 3 liahon . 15 6 40; sold, 2,5. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE, (Before the Judge-Ordinary and a Common Jury.) lIALL V. lIALL AND lIALL. This was a suit instituted by the husband, an auc tioneer, residing at Banbury, against his wife, by reason of her adultery with the co-respondent, a nephew of the petitioner. The marriage took place in 1813, and they resided hap pily together at Banbury till 1863. The co-respondent, a young farmer, residing at Stockton, near Banburj, was on very intimate and visiting terms with h's uncle, the p :atitioner. Since that time ho had sold off hia stock and his fare Tip having also a sum of £l,OOO which had been lefthim by w ill, with the intention of proceeding to Australia, he being a married man with three children. The petitioner had no ,suspicion of the want of fidelity on the part of his wife Plata the month of July last, when she expressed a desire to visit her friends at Brighton during the painting and repairing of their house, to which the petitioner assented, and arrangements were accordingly made for the journey. To his amazement he was afterwards in formed that his wife had been joined by his nephew at the place where they occupied the same apartments in the house of Mr. Lorimer° from the 28th of June to the 29th of July. On the respondent's returning home the pe titioner, having been informed of her infidelity, refused to received her back when oho wrote a very penitent letter acknowledging her fault, and praying and imploring for giveness. The petitioner refused, and instituted the present proceedings to dissolve the marriage of which there was no issue. At the conclusion of the evidence, The learned Judge said the adultery had been clearly proved, and the only question for the jury was the amount of damages. The jury, after a short consultation, assessed the damages at £l5O. Decree for dissolution, with costs, against tho co. respondent. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Beforo Mr. Sergeant Wheeler.) IIELD V. BISHOP. This was an action to reccvor 5s 3d for work done, and defendant admitted owing 4s 7d. His Honour—So there is only a difference of 8d between you ? Defendant's witness—That is all. Plaintiff, a young female, said she had taken some pieces of work from defendant, and agreed to do them for 9d per dozen, although lld was the usual price. After she had finished them she took them home, and then complaints were made. His Honour—What were those complaints ? Plaintiff—That the work was badly done. It is customary to complain of work. I offered to alter the work if I was paid a better price, but defendant refused to allow me to do so, saying she should give them to another hand, and charge me with the expense. The work was accepted. Defendant's witness said that the work was so badly done that it could not be put in stock. She had a pattern from which to work. The forewoman stated that plaintiff had agreed to do the work for 9s per dozen. When she brought it home, it could not be passed. Plaintiff thereupon refused to alter it unless she was paid the extra 2e per dozen. His Honour—What was the work ? Forewoman—Sunshades. His Honour—What do they sell for P Forewoman—They have not been sold yet. His Honour—You know what I mean. What is the selling price ? Forewoman-11s Gd each. His lionour—The sunshades sell for Ils GLI each, and you give 9d each for making. Why, it is almost as bad as mak ing shirts at ono penny each. You have put them in stock ? Forewoman—Yes, but wa had to pay 8d for altering, too. Plaintiff—At first I was only offered 2a 3d. His Honour (to the forewoman) —lt appears that you have not paid her anything yet. I think the plaintiff is fully eutitled to recover the money, and I shall award her the full sum claimed with costs. (Applause.) Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DARING AND IMPUDENT TRIM—John Dillon, a tall shabbily-dressed man, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing at 22, Old Compton-street, a number of coloured woollen shirts of the value of £5, the property of Mr, Charles Harris, hosier. Mr. Harris has two shops in Old Compton-street, exactly opposite each other, numbered 22 and 30. He attends to No. 22, and an assistant named Wall to the other. About 8 o'clock in the evening Wall saw the prisoner endeavouring to get some shirts from the door of No. 30, but failing in doing so, ho crossed over to No. 22 and untied the fasten ing of some white shirts. Being interrupted, the prisoner afterwards seized a bundle of coloured woollen shirts of the value of £5, and then made off, but was pursued by Wall and taken back the shop with the shirts under his arm, and then given into custody. Sergeant Gordon, 9 C, proved taking the prisoner into custody, and that the prisoner told him that ho had been 12 years in the army, and was not going to starve while there were plenty of things to be had. Ho had seen the prisoner at the Clerkenwoll Sessions, and believed he had been convicted. He had ascertained that the prisoner, who had refused his address, had been lodging at a lodging house with a number of thieves in Church-street, St. Giles. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. ONCE TOO OFTEN.—DEFRAUDING SILOPICErPERS.— Mary Magner, a respectable looking young woman, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Selfo, under the following cir cumstances. Mr. Frederick Robinson, of 27, Hendon-street, Pimlico, cheesemonger, said that last evening the prisoner cameo to his shop at about seven o'clock, and having asked for a quarter of a pound of butter, tendered half a crown in pay ment to the shopwoman, who immediately asked him whether it was good. He then confirmed her suspicion that it was spurious. The shopwoman having told him that she believed prisoner gave her a bad shilling on Thurs day night, prosecutor told the accused that ho thought it his duty to lock her up, but at the same time ho should be sorry to do so if ho found she was a respectable person. She declared that she was, and gave her address 6, War wick-street, and he then accompanied her to see whether it vas correct, but she turned the wrong way on arriving near the spot, and then said that her address was 6, Regent street, and when ho said ho would go there she refused her address, and ho then gave her into custody, fer which he had very good reasons. Mr. delio—What were they—anything more than you have stated P Prosecutor—This is the fourth time this week that I have had bad InDney brought to my shop; thrco times it was taken, and was not discovered. I told my shop woman to look out, as I was sure that the person who had been successful in passing them would come again. Mr. Selfe—Havo you no dotcctor in your shop to try money with? Prosecutor—Yes, but the young woman, imposed upon by the appearance of the coin, did not use it; sho was not up to it. Mr. Solfo—l hope sho will be more careful; this will make her sharper. Where do you live, prisoner ? Prisoner—l have no settled place where I live. Mr. Selfe—Then where is the unsettled place ? Prisoner—Nowhere. Police-constable—l know her well as the daily companion of utterers of bad money. Roche (the gaoler)—She was charged here a short time ago. She WAS remanded till Monday. THAMES. A PERTINACIOUS PAUPER.—DonaId Thompson, who says he is sixty years of age, but does not look so old, and appeared to be in good health and vigour, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with refusing to do the work assigned to him in the City of London Union House, Bow road. This was Thompson's sixtieth or seventieth appearance at this court, and ho is certainly the most troublesome pauper that ever lived. He has tormented and plagued the Poor-law Board, the guardians of the City Union, other boards, churchwardens, overseers, and more particularly the magistrates of this court, for the last fifteen years. A now complaint has been launched every time he has ap peared in the Thames Police Court. He has tired out the Lord Mayor and all the aldermen of the City, but he ..8 pro mises to be a periodical nuisance to the magistrates of th i s court for many years. Mr. Edwin Rolland, labour-master in the Unionrag t ton 'louse, oe said the prisoner was last sentenced by month's imprisonment in Ilclloway It _ and came out on Tuesday morning --- same u t sa oTtlioprisoner Correction, found his way back to the workhouse on th e evening, He was requested to pick oakum gnn. The on Wednes daymorning, and refused—no quantity wa s alma ed p risoner had done no work for three days. The prisoner said ho should like the magistrate to read his correspondence with the Poor Law Board guardians, and others. Mr. Partridge said be should not like to do it. (A laugh.) The prisoner said he was not well, and he must severely condemn the public press for stating that he had a new di s ease every time he came to that court. He had only one disease. ("Laziness," ini,en audibl e whisper from a person at the back of the court). Sil ence was requested, and the prisoner said he was really ill. Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner if he would see the medical officer, to which Thompson replied, no, I have no faith in him, and asked the magistrate to road the opinion of a superior authority ; he meant a physician. Mr. Partridge decline 1 to peruse the document. Thompson then demandod an interview with the guar dians who would attend the union-house on Monday next. He wanted to state his grievances. Mr. Holland said when the prisoner was last before the committee he said he had no complaint to make. Thompson said he did not object to the work—ho only uli.etett to the place, the refractory ward, into which he was SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. TURKEY. -4- - MARSEILLES, March 4.—Accounts from Con stantinople of the 25:h ult. state that the Sultan has decided on visiting his African provinces, par ticularly Tunis. The Bey has already been in formed of the Sultan's intention. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Danubian Principalities has addressed to his agents abroad a statement of the motives which led to the secularisation of the property of the monasteries. By suppressing, he observes, the right of mortmain, he has followed the example of the other European States. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CITY BETTING.—This DAY. There has been no material alteration in the Liverpool Steeplechase betting to-day, except the advance of Martha, about which they take 20 to 1 rather freely. Amy has reoeded a few points since yesterday, but Bantam is very firm at .5 to 1. There has been very little doing on the Liverpool Spring Cup. Costa is the favourite at 6 to 1, and the Monk and Argonaut about 8 to 1 each. The follow ing aro the latest quotations : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. sto 1 agst Bantam (offered) 6to 1 agst Emblematic (offered) 10 to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken) 10 to 1 agat Wee Nell (offered) 12 to 1 agst Portland (offered) 100 to 6 age Real Jam (taken) 100 to 6 agat Ocean Witch (offered to take 20 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Romeo (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agat Amy (offered) 100 to 6 agst Martha (taken) 25 to 1 agat Worcester (offered) 25 to 1 agst Bell's Life (taken) 24 to 1 agst Sinking Fund (offered—take 30 to 1) 33 to 1 agat Harry (offered) 50 to 1 agst Leonidas (taken) 50 to 1 agat Cheater (taken and offered) 60 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 50 to 1 agat Emblem (offered) 60 to 1 agat Reporter (taken) 60 to 1 agst Thomastown (offered) 100 to 1 agst Wife (taken) LIVERPOOL SPRING cur. 6to 1 agat Costa (taken) Sto 1 agst Argonaut (offered) Sto 1 agst The Monk (offered) Bto 1 agst Warminster (taken) Bto 1 agst St. Lawrence 10 to 1 agat Truant SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Maroh 6.—Wind this day at noon—North. Esaterly ; moderato breeze, and cluudy weather, with rain. Fe.r.a.touTn, March s . — WindN.E.—Arrrived—lmpulso, from Moulmein for Sunderland—Ross D. Mangles, screw ;tamer, from Liverpool for Bilboa. CARDIFF, March 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—John, from Bilboa, Sailed—Bolton, for St. Thomas—Charles Gamins, for St. Jago do Cuba. SHIELDS, March 4.—Wind E.—Sailcd—Cesur do Lion, [or Sbnnghai. PENZANCE, March s.—Wind N.E.—Arrivod—Arms• colic* from Rio Janeiro. QuEntisTowN, March O.—Arrivcd—Annio Scott, frcm Pernambuco. (n MAGNETIC TELEGRAP II.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, March 4—Pro,erpiue, Elizabeth and Cicely, Dublin Lass, and Crescent, from Guernsey; Cyclops, from Tuticorn; Old England: and Adelaide, from Madras; from Mauritius; Susan Howland, from ualcatta. Arrived, March s—John Masterman, from Penang ; Fahrenbeit. from Demerara; Zuma, from Guernsey; Salt marsh, from Morlaix. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Fortunato, schooner, from Lisbon ; Omar Pasha, from Melbourno (in tow) ; Glendevon, from Calcutta (in tow) —all for London; H.M.S. Landral, from Bermuda, tor River. Anchored—Martha, for Marseilles ; Stork, for Madeira; Charl, for Syn. ; Fanny Fern, for Santa Cruz —all front Loudon. Foreign Mail Packet List. - MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ••• Mar, _ 0 0 • . via Marseilles ... ...... Mar. 14. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Mar. 30. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Mar. 20. via Marseilles ...Mar. 14, Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Mar. 13. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 20. via Marseilles Mar. 14. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Mar. 7. Portugal.... Mar. 6. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 13. via Marseilles Mar. 7. Newfoundland ..Mar. IG. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet.... Mar. 10, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Mar. 4. AUDACIOUS ROBBERY AND MURDER AT ROME.— A letter from Rome gives an account of an audacious crime committed in ono of the most frequented thorough fares of tho city. M.l3aldini, a money changer, who has a shop on the Corso, tut resides at a distance, has long been in. the habit of removing his specie to his dwelling-house after business hours in a hackney coach. On the evening of the crime, when two clerks were conveying the money, the carriage was suddenly stopped in the Via Lucina by threo men, one of whom held the horse while the two others poniarded tho clerks, seized the money, amounting to 10,000 solidi (63,000 fr.), and got clear off. Ono of the clerks was killed on the spot, and the other died the next morning. The coachman, whose complicity appears probable, has been arrested, but the robbors have not 3of been dis covered. As soon as General do Montebello was informed of the crime, he instructed the commander of the French. gendarmerie to render every assistance t o the Roman police. The general impression is that the perpetrators belong to tho same band that recently stole 30,000 ecudi from the Roman Railway Company. 'TIE MADDENING OLD PROBLEM ALL OVER. AGAIN.—A Templar draws attention to the legal question raised in connexion with Mr. Bolton Corney's query as to the date of Shakspere's birth, as to when a person is a year old, or of age. In the Atherireum for January 16, a correspondent stated the legal r u l e as follows : —" Strictly speakfug,a year of a person' s age is completed, onsot his birthday, baton the last instant of the day before his birthday." A Templar disputes the legal accuracy of this rule. For " last" he would read "first;" referring, as his authority, to Anon. S a lk eld, 44 :—" It has been ad judged that if one be born th e I st of February, at eleven at night, and the last day o f J armory in the 21st year of his age, at one of the dock in ihe morning, he makes his will of lands and sties, 'ti ts a goo will, for he was then of m oi , o ' this be Per Holt, C,J. lle also refers to Anon. 1 Ld. Ray *d good law, it s t rengthens the ease of those who be -480 ; Fitzhu g h v. Dennington, 2 Ld. Raymond , 1094. If tave, on the e v id ence of the monumental inscription, that kapere was born en the 23d of April, 1564, THE AREA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE is 4.369,729 equaro miles; its population (1861) is 224,389,000. Hence our Queen reigns over nearly one-third of the land of the earth, and about a fifth of its population. Scarcely fewer than thirty native languages are spoken by her sub jects : for instance —English, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Greek, Persian, Arabic, 11 altese, Chincse, Armenian, Hindostanee, Bengalee, Mahratti, Tamil , Te1t1;(1, Carnatica, Ooria, Singalese, Malay, Burmese, Hottentot, liciffre, Negro, Maori, besides many barbarous tongues which have not been formed into written languages. In. her Majesty's realm there aro four great established religions—the Christian, the Brahman, the Mohammedan, the Buddhist. Of these the Christians number, at a rough estimate, 34,031,164; the disciples of Brahma, 50,000,000; the Mohammedans, 20,000,000; the Buddhists, 10,000,000. In form, feature, habits of life, and modes of thought, the British subjects exhibit as many diversities as can possibly exist in the members of the human family. Place side by side an Englishman, a Ilintloo from 13ritish. India, an Arab from Aden, a Chinese from llgng Bong, a Negro from South Africa, an Indian from North America, and a native Australian, and we shall have speci mens of such of th e great types of the human race. Assemble together au educated Englishman and a heavy Untutored Hottentot; a lively French Canadian and a grave and bellicose Bed Indian; a rice-eating Hindoo and a man eating New Zealander; a graceful lonian and a lumpish E Bqu i maux ; and betN%een all these subjects of one Sove reign there would be es little in common as could possibly exist between inhabitants of the same planet. rut. He was a pauper, but he was a real Britit'd Et a : s ( d , and wanted that justice to Nlllicb every tree ho) sr Mrilca was entitled. Mr. Partridge—You shall have justice, You are a most incorrigible and disorderly fellow, and I sentence you to 21 days imprisonment and hard labour. This conviction shall be recorded, and next time you aro brought here, and a case is made out, you will be convicted for 42 days. The prisoner—Thank you worship, I am glad I am going back to Holloway; good day, your worship, I wish you a good day, sir.